It says in a report from a Danish Civil Service committee from June 2012 that no empirical studies have been made, which confirm that measures supposed to motivate people to return home are of any consequence in relation to the question of whether
Struggle and Politics
What do people in the asylum camps think?
Reactions: What do people in the asylum camps think of the new asylum agreement? In October 2012 the Government made a new asylum agreement together with Enhedslisten and Liberal Alliance. The Trampoline House welcomes the improved…
Open Letter to Helle Thorning-Schmidt
By Hassan M. Said Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt Open Letter to Helle Thorning-Schmidt #2
Refugee Protest March by Paula Bulling
Art by Paula Bulling
On the History of the Powerless
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. This bon mot was one of the first lessons learned during my studies of political science. But there is a way to escape such a depressing point of view…
Waiting (for the Right) to Return
As we sat down in the courtyard of the Palestinian Circus School, not far from Birzeit University in Ramallah in the Occupied West Bank, to talk with the circus director Shadi about art and theatre,…
Welcome to Europe: You Are Stuck in the Laboratory
In the south-eastern corner of Europe, Greece is heavily affected by the economic crisis. Greece is used as a laboratory for neoliberal policies that impoverish the population – and create social unrest and confusion. Meanwhile,…
Coming Out as Undocumented: Notes on Undocubus
“¡Sin Papeles, Sin Miedo!”, “No Papers, No Fear!”, with these words a group of illegalized migrants descended from a bus at the Democratic National Convention that was just about to re-elect Barack Obama as their…
The Refugee Protest March: “Let’s walk and see where it takes us”
A suicide at the beginning of 2012 in the southern German asylum camp, Würzburg, triggered off an urge to start a protest among people living in other camps. An important issue was to prevent the…
Displacement is the New Translation
By Kenneth Goldsmith ≠ Odd things appear. Things that I don’t understand. Things that I didn’t ask for. Things that I find ugly, strange, baffling, offensive. I don’t know how they got there. Translation is…
